William Norton Shinn

William Norton Shinn (24 October 1782-18 August 1871) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-NJ) from 1833 to 1837, succeeding Isaac Southard and preceding Thomas J. Yorke.

Biography
William Norton Shinn was born in Burlington County, New Jersey in 1782. He worked as a farmer before serving as county sheriff from 1825 to 1828, and he served in the General Assembly in 1828, on the Legislative Council from 1829 to 1832, and as chairman of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee in 1832. He went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1833 to 1837, and he later resumed farming and became director of the Camden & Amboy Railroad. He died in Mount Holly in 1871.